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Application and December 19, 1007. Burial No. 407,288.

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Q No. 900,612. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 6, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. FUST, citizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of 5 Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Roofing Material, of which the following is a specification.

X My invention has to do with roofing material; and it contemplates the provision of a roofing material comprising a composition of S \r such nature that it may be easi y and inexpensively produced without the employ- 'ment of elaborate machinery or skilled labor, and one which is light in weight, pliable, and not liable to break, and is, at the same time, both waterproof and fireproof.

The composition I employ in the manufacture of my roofing material consists of the J/ f/ 7 W Q Water 10% Cement.. 50%

g 1jsbestos fiber ry aint 107 he ingredients specified are thoroughly mingled by agitation to reduce the whole to a plastic state, and the plastic mixture is then molded or otherwise reduced to the form desired, after which the roduct is permitted to dry or else to be drie by artificial means. Th anipg'nincorporated in my novel material serve as binders and also preclude the passage of water tErough the material and adapt the same to be readily repaired when perforated or otherwise impaired. The asbestos fiber renders the material pliable so as to enaBle the same to fit 'close on a roof and lessen the liability of the material being displaced by wind, and said fiber also lends toughness and strength to the material. Because of the use of d aint as an ingredient in the material, t e man acturer may expeditiously and easily produce material of any color desired.

In addition to rendering the material pliable and lending toughness and strength meg m g L e/ following ingredients, combined in the pro-.

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gling of the ingredients and the reduction of the material to the shape desired.

It will be gathered from the foregoing that the ingredients of my novel composition are easily procurable and inexpensive, and that the use of s ecial apparatus and the emplo ment of s ed labor are not entailed in t e production of the roofing material, and consequently said materia may be manufactured and sold with profit for a small price.

It will also be noted that the nature of the material is such that the material is li ht in weight and is adapted to be handle and secured on a roof in the same manner and with the same facility as ordinary roofing means.

The employment of the ggm arabic in combination with the other ingre en s and particularly thushgwerfijs materially advantageous inasmuch as t e g rm arabic. frees the material of the rough appearance that would otherwise be imparted to it by the as and in that way materially improves the finish and appearance of the material.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

The herein descrtibed niiicgfing materiallcomprising cement as estos er, aint an urn arabic, comBmed suEtantially as escnbed. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE D. FUST.

Witnesses:

LOUIS P. BRYANT, F. M. Bmmrr.

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